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Wild West and Cowboys Vocabulary Word List (248)
| A) | Ability, Accommodating, Active, Activity, Aggressive, Antagonistic, Anxious, Arrogance, Authentic |
| B) | Backslapping, Bandanna, Barrage, Behavior, Blacksmith, Blood, Bloodthirsty, Boldness, Braggart, Brave, Britches, Bronco, Brutality, Buckaroo, Buckboard, Bully, Bunkhouse, Burr, Bushwhacker, Buzzards |
| C) | Cahoots, Campfires, Cattle(drive), Cavalry, Chaps, Cheat, Churlish, Civility, Commitment, Common-sense, Contemptible, Control, Cooperation, Corral, Courage, Courageous, Cowboy, Curt |
| D) | Dadgumit!, Decent, Dependable, Desolate, Determination, Don, Driving cattle, Drought, Dust |
| E) | Energetic, Epic, Equestrian, Exhaustion, Experience |
| F) | Face-to-face, Failure, Faith, Faithful, Feud, Fever, Fisticuffs, Foothills, Fortitude, Fortune, Frenzy, Frontiersman, Furor, Fury |
| G) | Gait, Gallop, Gaucho, Gauntlet, Giddyup!, Gold fever, Graze, Greasewood, Grit, Gullies, Gun-wielding, Gunfire, Guns |
| H) | Half-hitch, Hard work, Hardhearted, Hardship, Hazardous, Herd, Hitch, Hogtie, Holster, Horse, Horseshoes, Hostile, Hostility, Howdy! |
| I) | Idealistic, Indians, Inevitable, Infamous, Infuriate, Intense, Invasion |
| J) | Jail, Jealousy, Judge, Justice |
| L) | Lariat, Lasso, Law, Lawless, Leather, Livery, Livestock, Loco, Longhorns |
| M) | Maverick, Mercantile, Mount |
| N) | Native Americans, Nefarious, Neigh, Nicker, Notorious, Nuisance |
| O) | Obedient, Observant, Opinionated, Opportunist, Outlaw, Outrider |
| P) | Packhorse, Peacemaker, Perceptive, Perilous, Perseverance, Persistence, Ponderosa, Potential, Powerful, Pressure, Prideful, Priorities, Prospecting |
| Q) | Quarrelsome, Quest, Quick |
| R) | Ranchero, Ranching, Range, Rawhide, Reasonable, Rebellious, Reckless, Recognition, Remuda, Resolute, Resourcefulness, Riata, Ricochet, Rodeo, Rowel, Rustlers, Ruthless |
| S) | Saddlebags, Saloon, Salve, Savvy, Schemer, Sheriff, Sickness, Skedaddle, Slaughter, Sober, Solemn, Solitary, Sorrow, Spurs, Stallion, Stampede, Staunchness, Stirrups, Stockade, Stray, Supplies, Surly, Suspicion |
| T) | Tack, Talent, Tallow, Teamwork, Temperament, Tenacious, Tendency, Terrain, Territories, Threats, Thundering, Travois, Treacherous, Treaty, Turmoil |
| U) | Ultimate, Ultimatum, Uncharted, Uncivil, Uncouth, Unique, Unison, Unity, Unscrupulous |
| V) | Valiant, Vamoose!, Varmint, Vendetta, Vengeful, Venison, Vicious, Victim, Victorious, Victory, Victuals, Vigilant, Vile, Villainous, Visible, Vocal, Vulnerable, Vultures |
| W) | Wary, Weary, Whinny, Wild, Wrangler |
| Y) | Yearning, Yee-haw!, Yokel, Yonder |
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Some Cowboy expressions:
blazing a trail
passel of outlaw trouble
searing desert
swollen rivers
Westward Expansion, or more specifically, our 7th grade field day, Wild West Day. with thanks to WI, FL
Students play games entitled:
Pony Express Relay, Tee-Pee Relay, Cactus Lasso, Cabin Frisbee toss, Wagon train relay, horseshoe toss, cow chip challenge, tumble weed challenge, tug-a-war, and spirit pole race. Each teacher has a name tied with the theme. For example, mine is Wiwi's Wranglers
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